Hi everyone. Got in to Roatan on Saturday, finally started diving today. Yesterday was too windy to dive this side of island.
Staying at Las Rocas Resort, small (17 rooms I think) place. At the north end of West Bay. Good rate for a single diver included 10 dives and breakfast daily. ($699) Rooms are spartan, no phone, no TV, no clock, although I think you can get all those things in the better category of room. Plenty of hot water, and a backup generator (its run twice since I got here)
Pretty benign first day of diving. Turtle, baracuda, some big grouper. Vis was not great due to recent rain I guess. Plus my eyes are starting to go on me so its harder to see stuff in the first place!
On-site dive op is good. There were 3 divers plus a couple others finishing up their OW cert. You setup your own gear for first dive of day, then they swap tanks for you. I did a modified back roll entry, sort of a side roll flop entry. Hand gear up to exit. (2) 45 minute dives to ~60 feet. Lighthouse was one, can't remember the other.
Rented a motorcycle for the week I'm here and went into West End yesterday. Still low season, so I went where all the people were. Sundowners for BBQ dinner. Some guy from Texas was smoking all the food so I figured it would be good, and it was. And pretty cheap. Happy hour is pretty constant all over the island 4-6 with $2 local beers.
Heading to the $18 3 tail lobster dinner tonight at Beachcombers in West Bay.
More to come if anything exciting happens.....
Gerry